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Calidore Quartet: American Tapestry
A New York-based quartet explores its heritage to fine effect
Akhtamar Quartet: Origins
A great Bohemian reframed to exhilarating effect
I Solisti Ambrosiani: Giardini
Music of galant charm undermined by technical issues
Minguet Quartet: Ginastera, Ravel
A compelling entente cordiale between Argentina and France
Alinde Quartet: The Schubert String Quartets Project Vol.4
Highly polished readings just fail to touch the soul
Matilda Colliard: Rubinstein
Passion aplenty in these high-Romantic sonatas
Concert reviews
Book review: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
Anne Inglis reviews Anne Sebba’s moving history of the all-female ensemble that performed in the notorious Nazi death camp
Book review: Bach: The Cello Suites
Janet Banks reads Edward Klorman’s analysis of the six legendary solo works for cello by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book review: Hands, Wrists, Fingers: Creative Health for Musicians
Philippa Bunting reads Pedro de Alcantara’s volume on boosting health for the curious musician, including some novel arm, wrist, hand and finger exercises for string players
Quartet ES: Ruehr: The Northern Quartets
Warm performances of music that sometimes resorts to cliché
Casals Quartet: Shostakovich Complete String Quartets vol 3
A lean and sinewy finish to a compelling quartet cycle
Triin Ruubel, Xandi van Dijk, Theodor Sink: Tubin
A rewarding dive into the music of an Estonian master
Book reviews
Concert review: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) Thomas Dunford (lute)
Bruce Hodges attends Philadelphia’s Perelman Theater on 20 November 2025 for the recital of Bach, Marais and Forqueray and Duparc
Concert review: María Dueñas (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Bruce Hodges reports on the performance of Lalo, Terence Blanchard and Sibelius at Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, PA, US, on 29 November 2025
Concert review: Juilliard Quartet, Catherine Cho (viola) Marcy Rosen (cello) Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth reports on the performance at New York’s Alice Tully Hall on 4 December 2025, while Bruce Hodges catches the recital at Philadelphia’s Perelman Theater on 14 December
Concert review: Balourdet Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Bartók, Ravel and Brahms at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, US, on 9 December 2025
Concert review: Consone Quartet, Chiaroscuro Quartet
Edward Bhesania visits Milton Court Concert Hall, London, UK, for the recital of Mendelssohn, Haydn and Beethoven on 4 December 2025
Concert review: Henning Kraggerud (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Imogen Cooper (piano)
Janet Banks journeys to London’s Wigmore Hall for an all-Schubert performance on 8 December 2025
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